Test Development Engineer
hace 5 días
Glenrothes
Senior Test Development Engineer Location – Glenrothes or Harlow (4 days p/week on site) 12 Month contract – Inside IR35 Copello are working with a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom. You’ll be working for a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Primary Purpose of this position Responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub-system and system level test equipment. Main duties: • Design of functional test equipment, • To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers., • Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies., • Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions., • Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items., • Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc., • Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware., • Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries & resolving technical issues., • Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices., • Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct., • Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management, • Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities., • Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools., • Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program Essential: • Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering/related subject (preferably at 2.1 Hons or higher)., • Test software design experience., • Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design., • Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation., • Proven experience in handover and management of designs in production., • Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills., • Able to support/debug system integration, • Good knowledge of MS Office products, • Significant test development experience in industry., • Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools., • Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI, • Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation, • Software Certification or detailed knowledge of: NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#, • Design of mix signal circuits, • High speed serial networks, • An appreciation of RF electronics